Fastening device for watches and other articles of jewelry



Feb. l2, 1929.

L. J. CARTIER FASTENING DEVICE* FOR WATCHES AND OTHER ARTICLES OFJEWELRY Filed July 6, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 12, 1929. 1,702,107

l.. J. CARTIER FASTENING DEVICE FOR WATCHES AND OTHER ARTICLES OFJEWELRY Filed July e, 1927 2 sheets-sheet Y2 Deurs zr. CAETTER, EBUDAPEST, HUNGARY, AssieNoE To CARTIER, SOCIETE ANONYME, oEPAnrs,EEANCE.

EASTENING DEVICE Eon WATCHES AND oTHEnAnTicLEs oEJEwEEnY.

lApplicationl :filed July 6, 1.927 Serial No. 203,845fand in FranceOctober 21,1926.

My invention relatesto improvements in a device for pinning articles ofadorninent to the clothing and y are, lirst, to :provide adevice of thecharacter indicated in which the pin tongues are rotatable in a planeparallel to the article upon which the device is attached, second, toprovio of Fig. 5;

vide means forreleasably locking thesaid pin tongues at' each 90displacement there-V of,V and, third, to provide additional means Vforlocking said pin't-ongues at theirextremities when moved to closingposition after having been inserted through' the material upon vwhichthe device'is to beattache'd. I

Other objects of the invention will be obviousto those skilled in theart' to which the invention relates with reference to the following'description whenS takenv in connection with the accompanying -drawingforming part of this specification and in which-f Fig.l l is a plan viewwhic'hthe device ismounted;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of Fig. 1,

showing my improved fastening means; Fig. 3 Vis a rear view ofFig. 1;'

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the device in anotherposition;

Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;'

` Fig. 61s a section taken along the Vline 6-6 Fig. y'Tfs a rear view ofmy device provided with a modified form of fastening means;

Fig. 3 is a `front elevational View of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 is a plan view of-niy 'device applied lto anr articleof a'dorninent showing a 'modifiedform of fastening means; Fig. 10 is a section on the Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is a' section onV the line -11-11. of Fig. 10; and 1 l Fig. y12is a view looking from beneath in Fig.l 9. l

Referring to the drawing and more partie# line lO--lO of ularly toFigs.' l to 6, a'pair of pin tongues l e Y any articles of adornmentconformable there-l is rigidly secured to a plate Q'by soldering orother .suitable expedient. The plate 2 is loosely mounted. on va studscrew 3 which extends clear throughy one end ofthe-watch cas-V ing3"andwhich is adapted to screw into the oppositewall of the said watch case3a. The outer 1 are adapted to be lodgedin a groove 4 provided on thewatch case 3.

I preferably provide the shaft 3 with'a the objects of the yinvention ofa watch", upon' extremities of the said pin tongues 'a stud screw 3c.

square-sleeve loosely mounted thereon and fixed to the pla-te 2 as shownat 5 in Figs. 5 and 6. j Surrounding the said sleeve is preferably` anelongated slot 6 in which are disposed U-shaped springs `6 and 7 havingintui'ned Vcurved extremities.v The slot 6 isV adapted to be closed bymeans of a plate 8 acting as bearing for vthe plate 2v and which issecured in position by means of screws 9 entering internally threadedcollars 9a fir-,led in the bottom 3a of thesaid slot.

The pintongues l are adapted to bear against the top of the groove 4with suiiicient 'friction to hold them in the desired position.

In's'ome cases` however, I may prefer to close one end of the groove 4as shown at 8 (Figs. .7 and 8) and'provide the other Yend of the I saidgroove with a spring cat-ch Q forclosing vthe said other end.

Fromjthe foregoing it will be obvious that v'when it is desired"toattach the watch to the When the corners ofsaid sleeve slide over thesprings't and 7 the turningl movement is retarded, that is; oppositionis offered thereto. The turning movement takes place in two 90 stepsA'which greatly facilitates attaching of the deviceto the clothing whichmay readily take place'withfonly one hand if necessary.

Once the pin tongues are in closing position soV in the groove47 thesprings 6 and engaging the sides of sleeve 5 are suiicient to hold thesaid tongues from any ordinary displacing force and with the arrangementshown' in Figs. 7 and 8 displacement becomes prac tically impossible. AI

The device as beforestated isadaptable to retains the pinl tongues inclosed position.

Astherein shown, a brooch l" is'provided at one end with a hollowcollar`3l on whichy is supported in'precisely the saine manner aspreviously described a plateQb by'means of The said plate is provided Yio figures-ff Y 'L The other end of the brooch istprovided .With anupstanding'block vl0b 'provided vvith 'thej usual groove 4"` closed` atone'end as shovvnfat 8b, Y Longitudinally'o'f Ythe groove is vvith theusual .pin itongues 1 and thefslee've and` spring arrangement is"disposed; Within the collarh in precisely the saine Way as pre;l

viously described with theeXception that the andtherefore does notappear on these mounted aleaf spring l0 securedatlone end vbyfmeans ofrivets 1 1 adj acenttheV closed 'end` of said groove andcarrying kattheopposite end Withacatch 9", adapted toclose the open i end of groove 4".rlChe said catch is provided with a sloping face against 'which the pintongues come in Contact when rentering.` the groove 4". The spring l0ismoved to a 'position'to uncoverv the endzof groove 4b^by means I `of a`lug l2 having a milled v surface disposed thereon 'at- `right anglesWhile Ifhave shown". and described ivhatiI deem to be the preferableforms of mydevice Patent is i. im device @ftheiypeeeecfibeahavingineanssupportin to permit said tonguesto be'rotated in aplane Y parallelto the surface ofthe lobject upon devicer is to beattached and -a"aplurality of lpin tongues, pivotally mounted which said gro'ovedelement for receiving the extremities means supporting saidtonguesland'adapted'v to ,permit lsaid tongues to be Arotated in a planeparallel to the 'surface `of ofV said tongues.

2Q Ina device of the, type describedhaving a vplurality ofpintongues,pivotally mounted .the object upon which said'device tobe'attached, a. grooved element forlreceiving kthe, extremities of'saidtongues and means `forfreleasal'ily con# fining said tongues in said'jgro-ove. Y

3; In a device ofthe ltype described having a' plurality of-pin tongues,pivotally in ounted A y .ineans supporting saidtongues and-adaptedktofpermitsaid tongues .tohelrot'ated ina plane.l f parallel i' to vthevsurface of,

which said device is ,to be attached incli'iding,V a iXeCl stud screwand a tlie object upon plate loosely mounted on said stud screwcarrying`saidtongues and.. .a grooved element :for receiving fthe eXtre1ni--'vties ofsaid tongues. v

4. In a device ofthe described having a plurality lo fpin tongues,afpivotally mount-A ed plate, c arrying said tongues and adapted sembodiment-fis Vsunky Within?the"` saidtongues,meansforjreleasablyconfinto lie flush 'Witlifthetoip thereof' Va'plurality' of pin tongues, pivotally mountplane `,parallel tothefeurfacel vof the f and extending Y i' through aslot in niember 10b.

elementi for receivingfthe .tongues,aiiXed stopat one-end ofsaidjgroove,

at releasable stop 'catchattheother' end'rof said .groove" for confiningsaid tongues in Y said. groove and resilient means tendingfto g saidtongues and 'adapted "parallelto the* surface of Ya lea-fspring'disposed'in said to v,permit rotatedein 'Y .i 1 plane parallel tothe '-eurface lof "the objectA uponivhich said jdevice is to be'`attached, a

grooved element for Viecgiving the extremities -ingsaidtonguesinl saidVvgroove and resilienty Vv5. I na dev-ice ofthe type, describedfhaving edplate carryingsaid tongues andadapted to permit said tongues to berotatedfina e object; uponlwhiclifsaid device is .to b'eiattached, agrooved element Vfor receiving :the Y'extremiing 'to loppose, rotationofisaid platefat v each quarter revolution tliereofQf` 'e 6. Ina deviceof the type described liavingplurality. vof j pin tongues, .pivotallymounted Y eens;supporting-saidV tongues and adaptedY element forreceiving the extremities 4 of said #means tending to oppose rotatien-Yof said'- 'platea't'each quarter revolution "thereof S02l f ties VofSaid tongues and resilient ineansftendtogperinitfs'aidtonguestoberotatedin a'p'lane 1 i" parallel v to the' surface of e.the objectupongfV i .which saiddevice-istobeattached,.agroovedf iff wattonguesfafixed stop at' one end of said-groove anda releasable stopcatch'at the ntl-ierl *end of said groove forlconfiningnsaidtonguesin7.',In'ra1device of having aplurality of pin parallelto 'the surfaceYwhich said idevicegisitofbe attached, a grooved VV tongues,a-pivo'tallymountfi; jed plate carryingsaidtongiies andra'claimedtoly` lpermit saidtongues to be rotatedin' a plane 'k lof eea-@bee lupon s 10.0Vextremitiesof 'said l oppose irotation lof saidplatefatfea'ch quarter Yrevolution thereof.

Y e. in edev-iepfeie'iypeeseifibea-iiaviag` f ia plurality Vof pintongues, pivotallyimounted lmeans support-ing said tongues and adaptedto' permit said tongues to-berotatfedin ajplanel the' object iiponv`which said device isto be attached,1a"grooved element for receivingtheextremitiesoffsaid tongues, a'fixedstopat oneend of s aidjgroove,`

`groove having one endfxed, at afpoint adjacent saidv stop, a catchlugdispose'd on the other end of` saidVV Springandadapted to normally'close' the' open end of saidgroove, a slotferinedin AsaidV groove and'an operating lug: carried Zbyv'said spring andprojecting through saidslo t. j Inla device of thetypervdescribed hav-1 ing *a plurality` ofpinftongues, p ivotally lia;

,125 fY i' v mounted means supporting said tonguesjand- Y adapted-tolpermit said tonguesfto be `rotated yin afplane parallel upon which saidcludi'ng aff-fixed stud scr-evvand apla'teloosely ,t0 the'surface oftheobject;` ...i I' device v-is to be attachedwin-v mounted on saidstudscrew carrying said tongues, a hollow supporting element for said screwand said plate, a sleeve carried by said plate extending into saidsupporting elementand springs 1n said supporting element asso-v ciatedwith said sleeve 'and adapted to oppose rotation of said sleeve at everyquarter revolution ofv said plate. c, v

10. In a device of the type described having a plurality of pin tongues,Vpivotally` cluding a fixed stud screw and a plate loosely mounted onsaid stud screw carrying said tongues, a hollow supporting element forsaid screw and plate, a square sleeve fixed to said plate' and extendinginto said supporting ele.

menty and a substantially U-shaped spring disposed on each side ofsaidsleeve, said springs each having a lat portion disposed against theflat side of said sleeve and inturnedvcurved extremities ior the*purposey disclosed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

LOUIS J. CARTIER.

